Legal experts say proposed changes to the Criminal Code after a high-profile acquittal in the fatal shooting of an Indigenous man are short-sighted.
Source: Canadian lawyers worried about proposed changes to trial system
CRIMINAL LAW BASICS: REPRESENTING YOURSELF – An example.
CRIMINAL LAW BASICS: REPRESENTING YOURSELF – An example. This defendant didn’t know evidence of his criminal record would normally not be admissible as evidence, yet he just blurted it out to the jury. Would you try to perform minor surgery on yourself to save some money? No. Of course not. That would be ridiculous. Right? A criminal conviction can have even more serious life-changing consequences.
CRIMINAL LAW BASICS: REPRESENTING YOURSELF
The advice is good but the system is not rigged, it’s extremely complicated. To learn the system takes 7 years in university, a year of learning under a lawyer and testing and then years of practice to learn, amongst other things, the complex evidentiary rules, advocacy skills of how to examine and cross-examine, how to make submissions and to become familiar with local prosecutors and Judges. You can’t learn to be a lawyer from youtube.
CRIMINAL LAW BASICS: CRIMINAL LAW vs. CIVIL LAW – The Criminal Code of Canada defines the limits of lawful conduct and what is a criminal offence. If an act is not prohibited by the criminal code then it is not a criminal offence to commit that act.
Criminal and Civil Law Criminal law, one of two broad categories of law, deals with acts of intentional harm to individuals but which, in a larger sense, are offences against us all. It is a crime to break into a home because the act not only violates the privacy and safety of the home’s occupants
Source: Criminal and Civil Law – The Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA)
DOXXING – Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. In certain circumstances, a case of criminal harassment could be made out.
Police said they’ve cautioned Rob Gill for publishing Sam Oosterhoff’s parents’ address. Gill says it’s the police — not him — who crossed a line
Source: Police caution man who doxxed parents of Ontario PC MPP
Taking Facebook Quizzes Could Get Your Identity Stolen. Above all, it’s important to remember that everything you post on social media is public, no matter how secure your settings are.
Your comment may seem harmless, but it’s really not.
Source: Police Are Warning Everyone to Stop Taking Those Facebook Quizzes ASAP
ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON, TO WIT: A HAM. Don’t laugh. Things like this happen more often then you think.
A Kentucky man was arrested Sunday after he threw ham and other items at a woman while they were arguing over what day the family was hosting Christmas dinner, police said.
Source: Kentucky man throws ham at woman over argument about Christmas dinner, police say
IS INTOXICATION A DEFENCE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT? – Technically, legally it can be, but it’s pretty difficult to convince a Judge and/or Jury of that.
Earlier this year, Superior Court Justice Nancy Spies ruled that people accused of sexual assault in Ontario are once again allowed to use excessive intoxication as a defence against criminal charges.
Source: Toronto man who used intoxication defence found guilty of sexual assault
USE CASH NOT CREDIT TO BUY WEED – But wait … presently you can only order online in Ontario so, how does that work?
Canada’s privacy watchdog is warning marijuana users to pay with cash rather than plastic if they’re worried about the collection of their personal information.
Source: Privacy watchdog says legal cannabis buyers should use cash, not credit
I fit the description… WALKING WHILE BLACK – This happens far too often. This is what it feels like to be black. Well worth the read.
Source: I fit the description….